Grant-funded community-health workers end in 18 months. How should HR treat them in the workforce plan?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Grant people have a calendar tattooed on the appointment. If the plan pretends they are permanent, month 19 becomes a surprise layoff—or an unbudgeted conversion. Write the end-state now: stay term, convert if funded, or wind down.
Full Explanation
Contingent and grant labor must appear in the workforce plan with an explicit end-state: remain term-limited, convert if a durable funding source is identified, or wind down with knowledge transfer. Treating grant staff as invisible or as de facto permanent FTE creates either a service cliff or an unfunded liability when the award ends. SPHR-level planning distinguishes restricted-term capacity from the structural headcount the general fund can sustain.